PRoMs - The Production and Reading of Music Sources
Mise-en-page in manuscripts and printed books containing polyphonic music, 1480—1530
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Manuscript
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Physical type
choirbook
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partbook (single)
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partbooks (incomplete set)
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Material
paper
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Format
oblong
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upright
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Preparation
Size of Music Text Area
Pricking
always
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none visible
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normally
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Height of Staves
Colour of Staves
brown
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dark brown
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Ruling Medium
double rastrum
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freehand
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Number of staves
10
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11
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Disposition of Voice Parts
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Indentation for Initials
double
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none
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Extra Space Between Voice Parts
empty ruled staves on grid
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Space Provided for Separate Text
no separate text
5
not in dedicated space
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provided, in dedicated space
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Adhoc Adaptation
made for complete additional staves
3
notation and staves extended into margin
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notation extended into margin
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partial additional staves
4
staveline added
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staves extended into margin
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Copying of Music
Colour of Notation
black
2
blue
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brown
4
dark brown
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gold
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reddish brown
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Type of Notation
void mensural
8
Monophonic Notation
absent
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
4
Non-verbal Performance Instructions
coronae
2
end symbol
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pointers
1
repeat signs
4
signa congruentiae
4
signes-de-renvoi
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space-filler
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Copying of Text
Language
Dutch
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French
5
Italian
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Latin
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Presence or Absence of Text
fully texted with one or two texts
5
fully texted with one text
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partially texted with one or two texts
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partially texted with one text
3
provided with one or two incipits
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provided with single incipit
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untexted
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Type of Script
cursive
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cursive (humanistic)
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cursive (italic)
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Level of Calligraphy
fair
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high
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poor
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Colour of Text
brown
8
reddish brown
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Multiple Texts
yes
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Decoration
Miniatures Frequency
never
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Borders Frequency
never
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Borders Size
Painted Initials Frequency
Painted Initials Type
Penned Initials Frequency
always
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normally
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often
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rarely
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Penned Initials Type
calligraphic
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calligraphic with decoration
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calligraphic with grotesque heads
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decorated
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decorated with grotesque heads
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flourished
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plain initials
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Planned Initials Frequency
normally
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rarely
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sometimes
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Planned Initials Type
Other Decoration Frequency
occasionally
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often
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rarely
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Other Decoration Type
Voice-names
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decorative final long
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end-symbol
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littera notabilior
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Ruling medium: double rastrum
Multiple texts: yes
Material: paper
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Berlin, Germany, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, MS Germ. 8º 190, c. 1470-1500, All folios
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